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An engineering firm is recommending nearly $1.6 million in drainage improvements to address surface water issues that caused a slump and ground...

Citing Alaska Heliskiing’s 2012 safety record, Haines Borough Manager Mark Earnest cut the company’s skier-day allocation by 25 percent for the...

Klukwan, Inc. President Rosemarie Hotch this week said a proposed settlement to a decade-long insurance company lawsuit would get the village Native...

A structurally unsound cell phone tower is delaying plans to bring faster wireless communication service to Haines, but AT&T customers can expect to...

Fifth-grader Jayden Rettinger overcame the competition letter by letter and claimed the Haines School Spelling Bee crown last week for the second...

Eighth-grader Jordan Stigen’s computer-based documentary “Pliable Plastics Change the World,” was overall winner in the local competition of the...

Southeast state fair executive director Ross Silkman said Saturday’s Winter Games at the fairgrounds was a success. About 50 participants navigated...

High winds blasted through Haines last weekend, but Alaska Power and Telephone “squeaked by” without incident, power manager Danny Gonce said.  ...

Haines School administrators have tightened security measures and are taking other precautions in the wake of school shootings elsewhere in the...

Meal eligibility count met The Haines Borough School District is again eligible to receive federal funding for its after-school “sack supper”...

The Haines Borough has received one bid from a local company proposing to solve the borough’s towing, impoundment and junked-car issues. Bigfoot...

Haines celebrated Senior Night on Tuesday with a 44-22 pounding of the Wrangell Lady Wolves. “It was a special night for the seniors,” said coach...

Play opens Thursday, Feb. 14 in the annual Dick Hotch Memorial Basketball Tournament at the Haines School. The adult basketball tournament has been a...

The Haines Borough’s attorney has concluded that the assembly committed a procedural during its Jan. 22 closed-door meeting, but that no remedial...

Southeast Alaska Backcountry Adventures and Alaska Mountain Guides representatives championed the positive economic impacts of the heli-ski industry...

Constantine recently signed an agreement with Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd. to explore and advance the Palmer Project. With the announcement of this...

As a staunch supporter of the heli-skiing industry in Haines, I would like to applaud the borough clerk Julie Cozzi on her decision to renew the...

Whether Alaska Heliskiing should get their borough permit renewed to operate a commercial activity on public lands may be debatable. But the most...

I have read the articles in the paper about the possibility of a mine out the road, but continue to not see a few simple facts that should be thought...

I contact you today to make sure you know of another loss of our constitutional rights. Our federal government has passed into law the National Defens...

I would like to thank everyone who helped with the golf Olympics Saturday including Jim Schnabel, Jenny Lyn Smith, Marian Carlson, Toni DeWitt, Judy...

Thank you to Lynn Canal Conservation for hosting a series of four programs to inform the public about the proposed Constantine mine. It is vitally...

Placing the responsibility on the borough clerk for renewing a tour permit after a high-profile incident is flawed. This should have been addressed...

Now that there are investors for the continued exploration of the Constantine mine, I think it is time to start the discussions and become educated...

Thanks to all who attended the Haines Winter Olympic Games on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Southeast Alaska State Fairgrounds. Organizers might have wishe...